Legislation

The ACLU-CT believes in a society where all children can flourish. HB 6587 expands Medicaid coverage to include infant and toddler diapers, which will drastically improve health, economic, and educational outcomes for families across the state.

The ACLU-CT supports programs that seek to invest in the well-being of our children and that address the root causes as to why children may end up in contact with the criminal legal system, like mental health challenges.

Everybody deserves a safe and stable place to live. Rent hikes and no fault evictions are displacing people from their homes and communities, fueling gentrification, increasing evictions and homelessness, which disproportionately harms Black and brown working class renters and immigrant communities.

The ACLU-CT believes in a society where all people, regardless of housing status, are treated with dignity, respect, and care. Homelessness is intrinsically connected to public health.

Prosecutors hold people’s lives and fates in their hands. We think that with that enormous power should come more oversight and transparency.

One of the most crucial ways that people can have a voice in their government is to observe, participate in, testify at, and attend public government meetings.

Connecticut is stronger and safer when all people have a fair chance of accessing housing. People who are formally incarcerated are nearly ten times more likely to be homeless than any other members of the public.

The ACLU-CT believes that all women should have equal access to employment, free from discrimination. Automatically providing the salary range on job postings creates an open dialogue from the beginning of the job search process.

All people in Connecticut have a right to safe, stable, and affordable housing. Under current law, landlords are required to return a security deposit within 30 days of vacating a property. A delay in returning these funds can have disastrous effects on the state’s most financially vulnerable.